2018_19
Educational guide 
Faculty of Oenology
A A 
english 
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009)
 Subjects
  THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Review of thermodynamic concepts
State equations
Thermodynamic relations and functions
Ideal gases
Mass and energy balances.
1st, 2nd and 3rd laws.
Gibbs energy and chemical potential.
Transformations of matter Change and phase balance.
Pure substances.
Multicomponent systems.
Phase diagrams
Solutions Composition, mixing magnitudes, ideal and diluted ideal solutions.
Deviation from ideal behavior
Reminder of concepts of chemical kinetics Reaction rate: rate equation, reaction order, rate constant
Mechanisms of reaction: elementary stage, simple reaction, complex reaction.
Apparent constant, pseudoordre
Analysis of kinetic data
Methods of determining reaction orders.
Method of integration by simple reactions.
Pseudo-order reaction. Apparent constant.
Experimental techniques for the determination of reaction rates.
Influence of temperature on the rate of reactions Arrhenius equation.
Arrhenius Theory. Activated complex and frequency factor. Molecular interpretation.
Kinetic treatment of complex reactions Arrhenius equation.
Arrhenius Theory. Activated complex and frequency factor. Molecular interpretation.
Mechanisms of reaction Complexity of mechanisms.
Approximation of the determining step of a reaction.
Steady state approach.
Examples of known mechanisms.
Catalytic mechanisms. Enzymatic catalysis.